Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst and Svante Arrhenius. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his scientific contributions to the…

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Who was born first?

• Wilhelm Ostwald and Elihu Thomson were born the same year
• Wilhelm Ostwald and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes were born the same year
• Wilhelm Ostwald and Nikolai Kibalchich were born the same year
• Wilhelm Ostwald and William Gillette were born the same year
• Wilhelm Ostwald was born 1 year before Charles Algernon Parsons

Timeline

1. Elihu ThomsonMarch 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937
2. Heike Kamerlingh OnnesSeptember 21, 1853 – February 21, 1926
3. Nikolai KibalchichOctober 19, 1853 – April 3, 1881
4. Wilhelm Ostwald (this page)September 2, 1853 – April 4, 1932
5. William GilletteJuly 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937
6. Charles Algernon ParsonsJune 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931

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